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Dirt cheap, wayy too cheap. HS30 01212 and HS30 10786 *Edit - actually the silver car HS30 10786 - should be a 71 year car. Can anyone else confirm if 71 cars didn't have the storage boxes behind the seats? I thought that changed when the vents in the rear hatch were moved? Eg: After HS30 00500? It could have been a cut n' shut years ago. Therefore the car with the sunroof may be the better car...

Compliance plate doesn't state engine number, the Engine Bay ID plate that has the chassis code and engine details on it does. But only in some markets, for example the French and Japanese markets just had the engine type eg: L20, L24, S20 etc.. no actual number. Examples here: http://www.viczcar.com/forum/topic/14549-how-original-is-original-is-original-really-original-must-go-deeper/ In terms of it's impact on values, that's for debate. I personally don't think it's THAT big a deal, but a matching numbers car will always be able to eek out a bit more value for the correct buyer I'm sure. Does it impact how much you enjoy your car? Probably not.

I reckon Ron @ Zclocks can pretty much fix anything on these clocks but the tuning fork is still a bit of a mystery in terms of what material it is made of, we don't know what it's made from because in order to find out we'd have to sacrifice 1 to analyse it's composition. Given how rare they are and expensive we haven't been willing to find out.

Bump still in the garage, want it out the way at some point. Feel free to make an offer.

A set of 3 Mikuni 44 carbs reconditioned would cost $3k at least now. There was certainly works rally cars and circuit cars in Japan fitted with mechanical fuel injection set up's. However I'm not sure what homologation rules apply if any. I think Alan (HS30-H) would probably be able to help there.

I find it weird that it only goes around half of the sump though? Wouldn't it be better if it went all the way around?

Ok I have 1 of these again, turns out it was the wrong part for 1 of the interested parties. If you need 1 let me know?

Friend of mine in the US wants 2. So make it 3 for me.

Sorry did you post it earlier? But what is "the renovator", got a photo?

Yes pretty impressive considering you didn't even have an original oscillator to work from! Out of the first 10 I'll take 1 for now, but when / if you make more in future I'll probably grab a few more. Can't hurt to have a back up method of running these clocks if my Oscillators ever die. @Alan - your broken Oscillators, are they beyond repair? Are the tuning forks stuffed?

No problem, I asked him what he wanted but he's sort of got a few things on at the moment and isn't in quite the rush I thought he was. Nothing in it for me. .

Got a friend who just pulled an SR20 (Black top) out of an S14a (soft looking nose front) but has an automatic. Had the notorious vvt rattle and compression was 160 psi i think across all 4 pots. It was a little tired but running ok. He is upgrading to an RB25DET with 5 speed manual so looking to offload the motor. You'd probably wanna refresh it, not sure what he wants for it but doesn't have room to store it. I will ask what he wants for it. Located in Sydney.

Thanks for clarifying Alan, I didn't realise the lower spec S30Z's had them also. Price makes sense when you consider the bell-housing is unique for certain models.

I don't think it will sell at that price, but then again the early gear boxes are getting harder to find now.

So the question is, do we want Melbourne and Sydney to be cities for the rich only? A big part of the problem is the tax structure of this country. It encourages leverage into property. Instead of encouraging investment in productive enterprise, small and start up businesses. Then you have the ticket clippers, rent seekers who use politicians to gain an economic advantage over others. Think of all the toll roads, outrageous airport parking fee's, compliance costs (imported vehicles) are just some examples of ticket clipping or rent seeking which really serves no economic benefit to others. We have a lack of serious competition in many fields in this country, banking (the big 4 control the majority of the market), supermarkets (Coles and Woolworths) etc.. A lack of serious competition means they can play by their own rules and in many cases act like a cartel. There is a lot of examples of this behavior. It's what inflates the cost of living here in many ways. The current model of flogging a house to the next person for more than you paid for it can only work for so long. At some point it will be productive enterprise that's needed in order to continue our quality of life. But we are doing everything we can to kill manufacturing in this country and the start up environment for tech companies is pretty hostile. They cannot get funding. Which is why any ambitious young entrepreneur in the tech field ends up in San Francisco, or Austin Texas. I think Cape Town South Africa was great for those working in tech sectors (online marketing etc..) at least when I spent a few months there that's what I could see. The problem with a services economy like ours, is that we cannot export cafe's, manicures, massages, personal trainers outside of the country. In order to flourish we must export things that people want or need. Right now Australia's economy is dependent on houses, baristas's, personal trainers, massage parlors etc.. Walk down any main street and that's what you'll see. We haven't had a recession for 25 odd years now, in some ways we need 1, it will make us re-evaluate the current system and perhaps as Donald Trump says "Make Australia great again".

The Fairlady Z432, Z432-R and Skyline GTR KPGC10 gearbox was the same as the 5 speed F55C71A we got in our early Datsun 240z's. The price on that auction is a bit crazy though! I've seen them selling in Japan around $1000 - $1,500 in unknown shape. I paid about $800 AUD for mine (to suit #150) recently. All depends on what you want, I wanted the early box so that the gearbox hole would line up with the shifter and I wanted to experience the early style box (sounds dirty). It just felt more 'correct' to put it in my car and I'm not aiming for big HP at this stage.

You could be right, a bust may never come. It's a risk either way, buy now and watch it pop or don't buy and watch it continue to grow forever. Harry would talk his own book. But consider this, all the banks are moving to tighten credit, many are not lending to Chinese anymore (they must know or have seen something themselves), all these sight unseen purchases were coming from China. The Chinese government is cracking down on capital outflow (they limit to $50K per year per person). Chinese browsing of RealEstate.com.au has declined by 25% this year. The growth in May doesn't really concern me, the drop in Interest rates has stoked that. I think the APRA will need to move in to clamp down further on Macro Prudential controls. At best property growth will moderate or plateau and go nowhere in my opinion. I've considered moving to Adelaide for what sounds like the reasons you describe. The big problem is jobs...

260z box? http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/st-kilda-east/engine-engine-parts-transmission/datsun-260z-5-speed/1114715094 Asking $300 in St Kilda.

In my opinion it's record low and persistently low interest rates that is driving asset price bubbles at the moment. When debt has hardly any price on it, money's value starts to deteriorate. Why leave money in a bank with a questionable government guarantee on your deposit when you can put it into a physical object and watch it's value increase each year? Bank of Japan is trying negative interest rates, which has all these unintended consequences. The Fed is trying to increase rates from 0% but is having a hard time doing so. Each time they hike global markets go crazy. The whole world growth system is based on people taking on MORE debt, thing about debt is that it's stealing from the future. As in your can get people to borrow today and spend today, but it just means they can do that tomorrow because they have to pay back their debts. So it's a short term solution to growth. The dangerous thing about real estate asset inflation is that in many places house prices are higher than they were in 2007/8 when the GFC hit. So basically rather than let the big institutions fail, governments propped them up with tax payer funded bail outs and all that happened was the can got kicked a little further down the road. China is the biggest proxy for Australia and they are due for a correction in asset prices, stocks etc.. The question is when? Australia's growth is directly tied to China so any tremors in China becomes Earth Quakes over here. I know I know I sound like a Debbie downer, but I think GFC 2.0 is coming and it will be bigger and worse than last time. Last time Australia escaped due to the mining boom, this time I don't think China will buy enough dirt from Australia to keep us going and India isn't the powerhouse that China is. The question is when? Nobody can say, timing a crash is impossible. It could be 6 months, it could be 6 or 16 years? But with the car industry closing in Australia over the next 2 years (estimates are that 200,000 jobs are tied to this industry) and all other growth engines in the Australian economy spluttering, it means things are going to get tougher not easier. With or without a crash of some kind. The current politicians don't want to talk about it, Scott Morrison's budget was very very optimistic. I was living in Ireland in 2008 when the bubble burst there, a lot of Irish went to Australia, the US, abroad for work, A lot were out of work and lost their homes. It wasn't nice, a lot of Europe introduced austerity measures etc.. Sadly it could happen here too! Expect cuts to health, education, welfare/pensions etc.. So where does this leave the Real Estate and Classic car values in future? Well who knows really? The difference between a classic car and houses in this country are (and I'm sure I'm missing more): 1. Not making anymore classic cars. (limited supply) 2. Making plenty of dog box apartments. (supply) 3. The classic car market is a global market. (prices are set in whatever currency your buyer is in/using etc.. to some extent) 4. Real estate generally gets sold locally and is priced in $AUD 5. No capital gains tax on classic cars (keep this quiet before the Government decides to change it ). 6. In many ways classic cars are about conspicuous consumption. (not a basic human need) 7. Houses are a utility / need for a lot of people. (although you could say in some regards they are used as a store of wealth (when left vacant) for many foreigners who own them in places like London, Sydney, Vancouver etc..) 8. It's far easier for a Government to tax land because unlike financial assets or businesses/capital) owners cannot move them abroad to places like Panama. The land is stuck in Australia so it's a very effective tax method and foreigners don't vote here so easy to administer with the electorate). 9. It's far harder to tax a car that is not on the road. Although governments could tax them, but hard to do when not registered. In theory if Interest rates continue to go low or negative, asset prices can be inflated to infinity... My take on classic cars is that a global economic s*&t storm could drop their values. But as more and more cars become electric and automated thanks to self driving cars etc.. With global warming becoming an issue and carbon emissions under scrutiny I think owning classic cars will be a privilege and not a right. You may have to apply for carbon credits to use them on specific days / events. They may become an indulgence that only the uber rich can afford? (I'm talking 20-30 years time here). Their values may continue to grow and make them a Veblen good, kind of like diamonds or certain designer goods. Which in part is what I think is driving them and their values up. Where as a lot of the real estate being created is dog box apartments that are all the same and have no soul or character to distinguish them from 1 another. So a crash in their values in my opinion will be far worse than a classic car bubble pop. Bit of a long rant, but the weather in Sydney is shite and I'm stuck indoors for now, so I thought I'd drop a bit of philosophy in here.

You seriously do not want to start me on this topic.... . The good news is, immigration is at it's lowest level in 9 years. Which might give infrastructure time to catch up to population growth. With the end of the mining boom, rapid population growth and unaffordable housing in Australia's main cities you can expect our living standards to continue to decline. The good news is the looming property bust will make housing affordable again. You have to ask yourself, why is it that Australia has more land per person than any other continent, yet has the most expensive housing in the world.

Did that Mazda have a for sale with phone number on the rear screen? I see something has been blurred out. I guess that's 1 way to get rid of it, park it there and hope for nature to take care of the rest?

PM sent re: fuel tank.

Video here of: HS30 103687 It looks good in the video, but I would use previous comments on here as a barometer on it's overall quality. It's now up to $35k on eBay, so at least a couple of folks want it.

Good video on some historic cars. A few Nissan's are shown also.

Do you know what number it was? Looks like a 73 model with the indicators above the bumpers.